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Published 13 October 2023 Photo: Viiru Pesonen/Wikimedia Commons. One result of climate change is that spring is arriving earlier. However, migratory birds are not keeping up with these developments and arrive too late for the peak in food…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/migratory-birds-can-be-taught-adjust-climate-change- 2023-10-13

Published 13 October 2023 Photo: Hermann Knuewer. When humans are ill, we tend to be less active. This also applies to wild animals, but so far, it has not been known how long the reduced activity lasts or which activities are affected the…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/disease-affects-blackbirds-more-previously-thought- 2023-10-13

Published 30 October 2023 The Hällekis quarry in Västergötland hosts Middle Ordovician limestone layers that have been sampled and analysed in the study. Photo: Anders Lindskog. Changes in oxygenation and climate had a fundamental impact…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/colder-climate-and-oxygen-rich-ocean-currents-laid-foundations-modern-marine-ecosystems- 2023-10-30

Published 30 October 2023 A car is refueled with a liquid containing hydrogen. The fuel passes through the catalytic converter, where hydrogen is released into a fuel cell. When the hydrogen runs out, it is drained and filled with new…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-catalyst-could-provide-liquid-hydrogen-fuel-future- 2023-10-30

Published 10 November 2023 The study shows that large herbivores have a positive impact on variation in tree cover in the world’s protected areas. The picture shows Tarangire National Park in Tanzania. Photo: Wikipedia. Using global…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/large-herbivores-such-elephants-bison-and-moose-contribute-tree-diversity- 2023-11-10

Published 17 November 2023 Pictured is the male, blue variant of the bluetail damselfly. Photo: Erik Svensson. For over 20 years, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has studied the common bluetail damselfly. Females occur in…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scientists-have-solved-damselfly-colour-mystery- 2023-11-17

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Published 13 December 2023 View from Lund University's research station in Hyltemossa, which is part of the European research infrastructure ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System) that collects and distributes high-quality greenhouse…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/lund-led-greenhouse-gas-flow-publication-has-huge-media-impact- 2023-12-13

Published 13 December 2023 Photo: Maj Rundlöf. A new study from Lund University confirms that pesticides commonly used in farmland significantly harm bumblebees. Data from 106 sites across 8 European countries show that despite tightened…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/commonly-used-pesticides-are-still-harming-bees- 2023-12-13

Published 13 December 2023 The image, taken with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile, shows a high-resolution view of the innermost parts of the Milky Way. Photo: ESO. Through analysis of high-resolution data…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/astronomers-determine-age-three-mysterious-baby-stars-heart-milky-way- 2023-12-13

Published 20 December 2023 R. Michael Rich and Harriet Bulkeley. Photo: private / Henja Kooijman. One is an American astronomer who has charted the innermost parts of the Milky Way using spectroscopy, the other a British professor of…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/world-leading-astrophysicist-and-interdisciplinary-geographer-are-new-honorary-doctors-science- 2023-12-20

Published 2 January 2024 Dean Per Persson, Deputy Dean Karin Rengefors and Vice-Dean Charlotta Turner have now taken office. Get to know them better through the interviews below that were conducted in the spring of 2023, in connection with…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-deans-have-taken-office- 2024-01-02

Published 9 February 2024 The Porsmose man from the Neolithic period, killed by two arrows with bone tips. Photo: National Museum of Denmark. Following the arrival of the first farmers in Scandinavia 5,900 years ago, the hunter-gatherer…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scandinavias-first-farmers-slaughtered-hunter-gatherer-population- 2024-02-09

Published 26 February 2024 Lina Eklund is one of the researchers in the international team working to analyse satellite images of the destruction of Gaza. Photo: Johan Joelsson. Physical geographer Lina Eklund is tracking the destruction…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/destruction-gaza-monitored-space- 2024-02-26

Published 7 March 2024 Part of the simulated universe. In the center, a galaxy is born through gas that later transforms into stars. The whole process takes billions of years but is simulated in just a few months by supercomputers. Photo:…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-insights-how-galaxies-are-formed- 2024-03-07

Published 12 April 2024 Sharp-sighted bristle worm. Photo: Michael Bok. The large-eyed bristle worm Vanadis has long been of interest to the world’s vision researchers. But the worm has been difficult to study since it lives in the open…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/marine-worm-outstanding-vision-fascinates-researchers- 2024-04-12

Published 16 April 2024 Lund researchers Thomas Pugh and Raimund Muscheler from the Faculty of Science have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant. Photo: Private/Kenneth Ruona. Quaternary geologist Raimund Muscheler and physical geographer…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/two-lund-researchers-receive-prestigious-eu-grant- 2024-04-16

Published 18 April 2024 Gustavo Jasso Ahuja is one of 18 mathematicians to receive support from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Photo: Private. Gustavo Jasso Ahuja, a researcher at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, has been…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/maths-researchers-receive-funding-study-mysterious-algebras- 2024-04-18

Published 25 April 2024 The team during field work in northern Sweden. Photo: Geerte Fälthammar-de Jong. During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team led from Lund University in Sweden has…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/unique-field-study-shows-how-climate-change-affects-fire-impacted-forests- 2024-04-25

This page contains support and general information on different aspects of your doctoral studies at the Faculty of Science. Content on the pageOverview, terms and supportGeneral syllabus and individual study planThesis and…

https://www.science.lu.se/education/current-doctoral-students- 2024-12-11